The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-09-15

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ton. Send on the postal cards = EDITOR
-, Oxford voted $40, 900 to the Durham
x Northern Railroad
49,. Fayetteville Presbytery convenes in
Lumberton Sept. 2Sth.
THE Morning News, of Greenboro,
has suspended, for lack Of support.
..- Reagan, Mills 4 Cos warehouse at
High Point was destroyed by fire Monday
morning.
Work has commenced on the Win
ston and Wllkesboro railroad. The Win
ston people are jubilant.
The county of Bladen has been as
signed to the eighth division of the Fourth
Collection District of Internal Revenue.
IA party of gentlemen from Pennsyl
vania have purchased tract of land about
one mile from here and are preparing for
mining mica upon the same Warrenton
Gazette.
1t is stated that the bromide and
arsenic spring, in Ashe county, has netted
S-O,Voo tIIlS SEASON Oh tIlt water SHlDDcU.
But this is probably a fish story States
vile Landmark.
Two children of George W. billiard,
an Asheville lawyer, have fallen heirs TO "a
fortune of 81 900, 900 left them by their
uncle, James Mcturry, late of Placer, Cal
i iAshevil;e Citizen.
President Bryan, of the y 4 n. C.
r. r., has closed contract for another
fhnI1 nd of 81. roilc oh Will
bring the new steel rail track to near Fal
ling Creek.- New Berne journal.
-. Seven prisoners escaped from the
The Press says they effected their escape
by saving off the end Of Il bolt that fas-
tened the door of the iron cage.
We are told that Mr.. f. a. Oldham
has about organized $50, 600 stock com
pany in Admission, Ala, for the manufac-
ture of the Messrs. Whites 'Tarheel' road
cart, of this city Winston Sentinel.
Mr.. Z. J. Robinson, one of our
most successful farmers, who has tended
this year 30 acre crop, Is in cotton and
10 in corn, and has only spent $3.50 on
his entire crop Battlcboro Headlight.
The Gregory House at Goldsboro
has been leased to Messrs. ". j. Street
and Will n. Hunter of kinston. They are
pushing excellent business men, and will
keep the Gregory up to the high standard
- The name OF the debating society at
Nahunta Academy has been changed from
the sumner to the ''isansom" Debating
Society, in honor of our Senator, General
Matt w. Ransom Fremont cor Mes
Senger.
-. In view of the high price of coffee,
correspondent of the Carthage Blade
gives its readers recipe by which ''they
can supply their families with good whole
some coffee for seven cents per pound by
using one-fOurth good coffee and three
fourths rye
=. The Ringwood vineyard is the lar
gest in the State. The farm contains
60 acres in scuppernong grapes and 90 in
other varieties. Most excellent wines are
made. the product last year being 3S, ,O00
gallons. A large quantity will be made
this season. Weldon News.
=. Did you every see a ground hog? Ev-
erybody has heard of the ground hog
case'-the case in which the boy WAS out
of meat-but very few people ever saw a
ground hog. Two OF them. from Ashe
county left here few days ago, by ex-
press, for Thomasvnle, Ca Statesville
Landmark.
The wOrkmen at the c. F. Il Y. V.
Railroad shops are busy building quite q
number of box and cattle cars. The trans
portation of cattle when the road reaches
Mt. Airy, will be quite a business, anC
then We will be supplied with fine noun
| tain beef Fayetteville Observer.
-. The Battleboro Headlight has beer
moved to Gold.horo. Mr.. A. Roscower is
editor. He will enlarge it and publish
IL. Ill, Il: MI
| boro is an excellent location for a gooC
| new spaper, it is the poorest for poo
| paper. Mr.. Roscower says he is going tt
! publish first class paper.
| Ring the bells. Beat the cymbals
| Blow We the trumpet. Sound the from
| bone. The Warrenton Gazette says tina
not a car load of hay or corn has beel
brought to that market during the season
on the other hand Mr.. J. L. Shaw and Mr.
S. Johnston are both shipping hay t.
North ,rn markets.
-. Messrs. B. H. Bum, George G.. Bat
tie and Jesse Brake were appointed an ad
visory or directing committee Of the Rock
Mount fair. Mr.. John r. Underwood wa
elected secretary and treasurer. The fol
lowing were elected Vice Presidents for tn
State at large: Col. l.. l.. Polk, Col. Ella
| OdTf, WHdTtOu D. bItcll, anu w HIS II
| Williams.
Durham has pluck Last Saturda
it voted 100000 subscription to tn
Durham Il Northern Railroad. 727 vote
were cast for the road and only one agains
it, That lonesome fellow must sigh 70
s.some vast contignity of space" 1t ha
previously voted 800, 900 to the Lynch
burg railroad, and will shortly vote $50
600 to the Oxford & Clarksville Railroad
The trustees of the University dt
cided at their last regular meeting tO Civ
Professors Winston and Hume one assistaI
each in their respective courses. Nj
Stephen f. Weeks, of Elizabeth City, clas
SO, was selected by the faculty to ASST,
Prof. Hume, and Mr.. Claudius Decker,
class 49, chosen as assistant to Profess
Winston.
-. 1t has long been known that tt
Green River ZircOn mines of Henderso
county are the richest in the world, an
produce also finer zircons than any othe
but until recently there has been little d.
mand for the mineral. Some two month
since orders came from Europe to Ne
York for unlimited quantities, when Pro
W. f. Hidden was sent to this place by
syndicate of capitalists to purchase Il
mines. Capt. NJ. G. Toms, Col. II.
Ewart, and Mr.. Jones owned each on
third interest in the Jones mine, which
thought to bt the richest. Mr.. Jones so
his interest to Prof. Hidden for 81 ,O5